A Dress, a Tie, and a Ring
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At the dance I stood on the sideline watching the other couples dance by. Suddenly, I saw the most beautiful girl I have ever seen in my life. She was dressed in an off-the-shoulder ball gown with a blue ruffled top and a long, flowing gold skirt that outlined her femininity. She was smiling up at her dance partner and simply radiated charming warmth. I was dumbfounded. Her beauty and charm overwhelmed me. I was so taken by her that even today I cannot remember any other events of that dance. My concentration was entirely on this lovely girl and I did not even know her name. What was happening to me? I had seen her "across a crowded room."
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There are still fairy tales for grandfathers to tell, but this one is true. It began with a meeting across a crowded room which led to sixty-four years of marriage and a lifetime of love and affection. Like all fairy tales, this one has a scary part with an ogre of sorts, but it is a true romance with a happy ending.
So, once upon a time there was a dress, a tie, and a ring, symbols of a love that had no end.
About the Author
For many years I was a country lawyer practicing in Wyoming County, New York. First, I became a county prosecutor and later a Wyoming County judge. I am a published writer having authored and co-authored several textbooks on criminal justice and evidence. On retirement to Florida in 1976, I served for several years as pro bono attorney in the Public Defender's office, receiving an award for this from the Florida Supreme Court.
At the age of ninety I continued my career as a writer doing biographies and American history. Now, at the age of one hundred and a widower after a sixty-four year marriage, I live with my daughter in Naples, Florida. I am blessed with three children, multitudes of grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.